Reproductive maturation and pheromone release in the flour moth Anagasta kuehniella (Zeller)

2 April 1973

journal article
Published by Wiley in Journal of Entomology Series A, General Entomology

Vol. 47 (2) , 201-209
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.1973.tb00025.x

Abstract

SYNOPSIS: An account is given of the timing of pheromone production in relation to reproductive maturation in the female of Anagasta kuehniella, and of the maturation of sperm and response to the pheromone in the male.

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